Re: [PATCH v3 46/62] mmc: sdhci-st: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

From: Patrice CHOTARD
Date: Mon Aug 28 2023 - 05:12:21 EST




On 7/27/23 09:00, Yangtao Li wrote:
> The .remove() callback for a platform driver returns an int which makes
> many driver authors wrongly assume it's possible to do error handling by
> returning an error code. However the value returned is (mostly) ignored
> and this typically results in resource leaks. To improve here there is a
> quest to make the remove callback return void. In the first step of this
> quest all drivers are converted to .remove_new() which already returns
> void.
>
> Trivially convert this driver from always returning zero in the remove
> callback to the void returning variant.
>
> Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <frank.li@xxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-st.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-st.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-st.c
> index 6415916fbd91..d955b5f4b7e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-st.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-st.c
> @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static int sdhci_st_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return ret;
> }
>
> -static int sdhci_st_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +static void sdhci_st_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct sdhci_host *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> struct sdhci_pltfm_host *pltfm_host = sdhci_priv(host);
> @@ -446,8 +446,6 @@ static int sdhci_st_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> clk_disable_unprepare(pdata->icnclk);
>
> reset_control_assert(rstc);
> -
> - return 0;
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
> @@ -510,7 +508,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, st_sdhci_match);
>
> static struct platform_driver sdhci_st_driver = {
> .probe = sdhci_st_probe,
> - .remove = sdhci_st_remove,
> + .remove_new = sdhci_st_remove,
> .driver = {
> .name = "sdhci-st",
> .probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
Reviewed-by: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
Patrice